Deaths in May 1988
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The following is a list of notable deaths in May 1988.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
May 1988
1
- Claude Demetrius, 71, American songwriter.
- Ben Lexcen, 52, Australian yachtsman and marine architect, designed winged keel which won America's Cup, heart attack.[1]
- Louis Maurer, 84, Swiss footballer and manager.
- Erwin Nyc, 73, Polish international footballer.
- Paolo Stoppa, 81, Italian actor, leukemia.
2
- John Weir Foote, 83, Canadian military chaplain and politician.
- Pavel Kadochnikov, 72, Soviet actor, film director and screenwriter.
3
- Julia Butler Hansen, 80, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives.
- José María Jáuregui, 92, Spanish footballer and Olympian.
- Takeshi Kimura, 76, Japanese screenwriter, throat obstruction.
- Premendra Mitra, 83, Indian poet, writer and film director.[2]
- Lev Pontryagin, 79, Soviet mathematician.[3]
- Bill Speidel, 76, American newspaper columnist.
- Paul Vario, 73, American mobster from the Lucchese crime family, respiratory failure from lung cancer.
4
- Stanley William Hayter, 86, English painter.[4]
- Jan Mazurkiewicz, 91, Polish military leader and politician.
- Oleg Zhakov, 83, Soviet film actor.
5
- Norm Betson, 73, Australian rules footballer.
- Jack Daly, 72, Irish politician.
- Billo Frómeta, 72, Dominican orchestra conductor, arranger and composer.
- Katharine DuPre Lumpkin, 90, American writer.
- Hamid Mirza, 70, Iranian heir presumptive of former ruling dynasty of Iran, son of last Qajar Crown Prince of Iran.
- George Rose, 68, English actor and singer in theatre and film, murdered.[5]
- Michael Shaara, 59, American author of science fiction, sports fiction and historical fiction, heart attack.[6]
6
- Joep Brandes, 67, Dutch international footballer.
- Richard Caliguiri, 56, American politician, mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Costantino Nivola, 76, Italian-American sculptor, heart attack.[7]
- Austin Robertson Sr., 79, Australian rules footballer.
7
- Alberto de Zavalía, 77, Argentine film director and film producer.[8]
8
- Robert A. Heinlein, 80, American science fiction author, emphysema and heart failure.[9]
- Charles Pollock, 85, American abstract painter, brother of artist Jackson Pollock.[10]
- Abdel Moneim Wahby, 76, Egyptian international basketballer, referee and Olympian.
9
- Willie Moir, 66, Scottish international footballer.
- Moses Scott, 76, Archbishop of the Province of West Africa.
10
- Ciarán Bourke, 53, Irish musician.
- Shen Congwen, 85, Chinese writer, heart attack.[11]
- Richard B. Ogilvie, 65, American attorney and law enforcement officer, Governor of Illinois.[12]
11
- Isabella Gordon, 86, Scottish marine biologist.
- Kim Philby, 76, British intelligence officer and spy, heart failure.[13]
12
- Paul Osborn, 86, American playwright and screenwriter.
- Hank Schenz, 69, American Major League baseballer.
13
- Chet Baker, 58, American jazz trumpeter and vocalist, fall from building.[14]
- Sergey Gorshkov, 78, Soviet Admiral of the Fleet.
- Friedrich Guggenberger, 73, German admiral and Nazi U-boat commander.
- Irene Manton, 84, British botanist, Professor of Botany at University of Leeds.
- Albertine Winner, 81, British physician and medical administrator.
14
- Fred Atkins, 77–78, New Zealand—born Canadian professional wrestler.
- Ernesto Giménez Caballero, 88, Spanish writer, diplomat and pioneer of Fascism.
- Willem Drees, 101, Dutch politician and historian, Prime Minister of the Netherlands.[15]
- Zhuang Xiquan, 99, Chinese politician.
15
- Andrew Duggan, 64, American actor, throat cancer.[16]
- Fulvia Franco, 56, Italian actress and model.
- Greta Nissen, 82, Norwegian-American film and stage actress, Parkinson's disease.[17]
- R. B. Nunnery, 54, American NFL footballer.
- Thomas E. Stephens, 84, Irish-American politician.[18]
16
- Charles Keeping, 63, English illustrator and children's book author, brain tumour.
- Jules Levin, 66, American politician.
- Anatoli Maslyonkin, 57, Soviet international footballer and Olympic gold medalist.
- Peter J. Ortiz, 74, United States Marine Corps colonel, cancer.[19]
- Bruce Watson, 78, Scottish organic chemist and politician.
17
- Frank Gallop, 87, American radio and television personality.
- Guy Glover, 77, Canadian producer and administrator.
18
- Daws Butler, 71, American voice actor, heart attack.
- Anthony Forwood, 72, English actor, liver cancer and Parkinson's disease.
- Brandon Rhys-Williams, 60, British politician, Member of Parliament, pneumonia as complication of leukemia.
- F. Elizabeth Richey, 75, American field hockey and squash coach.
- Enzo Tortora, 59, Italian television presenter, cancer.
19
- Dave McCleave, 76, English boxer and Olympian.
- Lloyd Vaughan, 79, American animator.
20
- Ana Aslan, 91, Romanian biologist and physician.[20]
- Nick Corwin, 8, American murder victim.
- Dick Jacobs, 70, American musician, conductor, arranger and orchestrator.
- Mike Reinbach, 39, American Major League baseballer, car accident.
- Marion G. Romney, 90, American Mormon leader.[21]
- Victorio Unamuno, 78, Spanish footballer.
21
- Harry Babasin, 67, American jazz bassist.
- Richard J. Daronco, 56, American lawyer and judge, assassinated.
- Sammy Davis Sr., 87, American dancer, father of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.[22]
- Dino Grandi, 92, Italian Fascist politician.[23]
- Barbara Laage, 67, French film actress.
- Guillermo Marín, 82, Spanish film and theatre actor.
22
- Giorgio Almirante, 73, Italian politician, founder and leader of neo-fascist Italian Social Movement.[24]
23
- Roberto Succo, 26, Italian serial killer, suicide.[25]
24
- Tom Adair, 74, American songwriter, composer and screenwriter.
- Tom Burtt, 73, New Zealand test cricketer and international hockey player.
- Freddie Frith, 79, British Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion.
- Ernest Labrousse, 93, French historian.
- Aleksei Losev, 94, Soviet philosopher.
25
- Ruth Malcomson, 82, Miss America 1924.
- Karl August Wittfogel, 91, German-American playwright and historian, pneumonia.[26]
26
- Jules Gales, 63, Luxembourgian international footballer and Olympian.
- Juan Orol, 90, Spanish-Mexican actor, film producer, director and screenwriter, liver disease.[27]
- Nicolò Vittori, 79, Italian rower and Olympic gold medalist.
27
- John DiGilio, 55, American mobster with the Genovese crime family, murdered.
- Florida Friebus, 78, American writer and actress of stage, film and television.
- Hjördis Petterson, 79, Swedish actress.
- Ernst Ruska, 81, German physicist, Nobel laureate in Physics.[28]
- Alwyn Warren, 87, New Zealand Anglican Bishop of Christchurch.
28
- Adolfo Contoli, 90, Italian pentathlete, decathlete, hurdler, pole vaulter, long jumper and high jumper, Olympian.
- Felix Morrow, 81, American communist political activist and newspaper editor.
- Sy Oliver, 77, American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader.
- Evelyn Page, 89, New Zealand artist.
- Alfredo Volpi, 92, Brazilian painter.
- S. B. Yalegama, 62, Sri Lankan politician, member of Parliament, assassinated.
29
- Henry Johansen, 83, Norwegian international footballer.
- Vladimír Menšík, 59, Czechoslovakian actor and entertainer, asthma.
- Siaka Stevens, 82, Sierra Leone politician, Prime Minister and President of Sierra Leone.[29]
- Elaine Black Yoneda, 81, American labour and civil rights activist, member of Communist Party, heart attack.[30]
30
- Iseline Crivelli, 85, Italian alpine skier and Olympian.
- Elton Plummer, 73, Australian rules footballer.
- Ella Raines, 67, American film and television actress, throat cancer.[31]
31
- Edward Meagher, 79, Australian politician, member of Victorian Legislative Assembly.
- Dwarka Prasad Mishra, 86, Indian politician, writer and journalist.
- Arthur Olliver, 71, Australian rules footballer.
- Eduardo de Robertis, 74, Argentine physician and biologist.
- Tursun Uljabayev, 72, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan.
Unknown date
- Rosa Collazo, 83–84, Puerto Rican political activist.
- Ted Ward, 70–71, Welsh international rugby union and rugby league footballer.
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- ^ Michael Brenson (May 6, 1988). "Stanley William Hayter, 86, Dies; Painter Taught Miro and Pollack". The New York Times. p. A 32. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ Andrew L. Yarrow (May 6, 1988). "George Rose, 68, Broadway Star And Winner of 2 Tonys, Is Dead; A Versatile Perennial". The New York Times. p. A 32. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ "Michael J. Shaara, 58; Pulitzer Prize Winner". The New York Times. May 9, 1988. p. D 11. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ Grace Glueck (May 7, 1988). "Costantino Nivola, 76, A Sculptor Of Public and Small-Scale Works". The New York Times. p. 1 33. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
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- ^ Michael Brenson (May 10, 1988). "Charles Pollock, Abstract Painter And Brother of Jackson, Dies at 86". The New York Times. p. D 26. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ "Obituaries: Shen Congwen; Chinese Author Provided Vivid Picture of Rural Life in Chaotic Era". Los Angeles Times. Times Wire Services. May 14, 1988. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
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